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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
CHINESE SPlRiTUALISM.
Superstitions and Stories Current Anon
the Heather in This Country.

Superstitions and Stories Current Among
the Heather in This Country.
China is nation of spiritualists, and
the ideas of Chinese on spirits and the
world of spirits do not materially differ
from the views held by people of that
belief in other lands. In this city near
ly all of that race are thorough be-
levers in the power of spirits to return
and make themselves manifest to per-
sons on earth-even to converse with
friends who yet linger in the flesh. In
conversation with very intelligent
Chinaman, a reporter obtained num-
Der of curious fact. ave believe"
said he, sin spirits, bad and
good, coming back to earth. and
we have SO many repeated proofs of
this that we consider it an established
fact" The reporter, who is merciful
to the reader. refrains from giving his
Chinese friends pigeon lingo. .'Under
certain circumstances, continued he,
'the appearance of spirit indicates
the death of some member of the house
hold in which it appears. You remem-
Der that about three years ago Chi
naman died in a laundry on Massa-
chusetts avenue. A few nights before
my friend was taken sick spirit came
into the room where he and some of
his companions were, and by indica-
tions which they understood led them
to know that one of the men at that
laundry would sicken and die. They
resented the appearance of the spirit
and did every thing they could to
charm away the evil influences, but
without avail. The very next week
the man was taken sick, and he knew
from the first that he was the appoint
ed victim and would die, as he did two
weeks later.
Spirits of Chinese dead appear so
often at another laundry in this city as
to compel the proprietor to keep a
light burning in his sleeping room all
night, for it is law with us that in the
light these spirits have. little power to
manifest themselves. In cellar occu-
pied by Chinaman as laundry the
spirit of a former partner appears al
most every night and holds long talks
with the living partner. It is common
in China, after death in family, for
the spirit of the departed one to APP
pear and talk audibly to members of
the household. These appearances are
generally in the dusk of the evening or
in the night time. In our Chinese pa
per from San Francisco, recently, was
. story which may sound curious to
you, but all the Chinese here believe
it. Some of us know the mer-
chants about whom it is told.
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AN INDIAN ADVENTURE


Row Dolly came to BE Called ssThe Lady
OF the Clock"
One day, a hundred and fifty years
ago. just at nightfall, a frightened boy
drove the cattle into the Norris yard,
and said that Indians in war paint
were very near.
The men hurried to get their guns
and powder The women hid the old
silver that had come with them from
their English home at Epping- And
Dorothy popped a locket sci. with dia-
monds into a big paddock. Dorothy
was ten years old; but very small.
But Mrs. Norris wished only to know
where to hide her children. She look
ed around; then she whispered to Dor
othy. dolly, my blessing, can you
get inside the only Dolly heard.
with the babies and try to keep them
still if they wakeP'' .1'
ayes, mother" said dutiful Dolly,
sI'll trv." @*F@s q s"5 "Se@lt HSa""
Her mother kissed her and made
them as comfortable as she could,
thankful that her little daughter was
so very small. Dolly promised that
she would not come out until she was
sure the Indians had gone. But the time
was long. and she trembled and wept at
the dreadful sounds she heard. Once she
peeped out through bit Of clear glass,
but fell back and shut her eyes. At
last the dreadful sounds ceased, and
she heard Mr., Lawrence and Captain
Webster talking. and. there were other
voices she knew. Then the door was
opened and the wee tiny babies lifted
out from their nest Of pillows still fast
asleep. And her mother took Dolly in
her arms, and rubbed her stiffened
limbs. For while her two brothers had
lain like little white mice in the bottom
OF the old Dutch clock, Dolly had been
obliged to stand braced against the
strong weights and works. and this
had cramped her all over. ia''asa
In after years the children for miles
around called Dolly. sThe Lady Of the
Clock. adelaide CHtey Waldron, tn
Little Men and Women ~ '%~@'d
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FOUR WISE" BROTHERS.

NIL, VIII, Roll and Soil Single q House
in New Fashion and Try to Bring
Down q Tree Without an Axe. *5s' =
Mill, Will. Roll and Soil were four
brothers. They lived in country far
away over the sea. There was only one
thing to distinguish these four boys
from many others that lived in that
country, and that was that they would
not learn how things were done. In
fact, they disdained to do things in the
common way, even the simplest duties
that fell to their lot. Asa consequence,
they made many blunders and had many
mishaps, very often barely escaping
with their lives.
Now, there are boys and girls that
are very wise for their years. have
seen some who could give very clever
suggestions to older people about do
inc various things. But as rule the
clever girl or boy has learned that bet
ter way of doing it from. actual expe-
rience, that is, doing it first as other
people, older than themselves, have
shown them how to do.
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A Phenom email Fee.

Yes" said a pompous young lawyer
on street-car, to friend; Il hadn't
been down town half an hour this
morning before got a fee of ten dol
lars!"
Then the eyes of man who was
hanging on to a strap began to bulge.
II say, young feller," he whispered.
earnestly, what saloon dye work at?
I'm waiter, myself
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Ruined By the Interstate Law.

CHICAGO, May fisherman & Marsh
and Schnabel & Co., barbed-wire manu-
facturers, made assignments yesterday
afternoon, The liabilities of the former
are $44s, 600; assets, $3.50, 900. The liabil.
tiles of the latter are S3c3, 900; assets,
s1S3, 900. Mr.. Eben j. Marsh, Of the first.
named firm, is the company in the last
named Both concerns, it is stated, did
large and prosperous business until the
Interstate law went into effect, when
the increased rates on wire from the
works here to points west OF the Missouri
river, where the main business OF both
firms lay, made it impossible to compete
with st. Louis firms, and destroyed all
chances of business, hence the failure.
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Migrations Of the Herring.

A remarkable illustration of the puz-
zling migratory habits, Of the herring
has just been. observed on the south
west coast Of Norway, at the so-called
Jmderen, between the towns of Stavan-
ger and Egersund. This district used
to'be one of the richest Distinguishing
grounds in Norway during the spring,
but about twenty-five years ago the
fish suddenly and completely disap.
peared from the coast. Last March
enormous shoals once more came un.
der shore, first striking land'' at the
same spot as in former times. The
quality Of the herring is exactly the
same as it was twenty FIVE years ago.
and the shoals were accompanied by
numerous herring whales IN Y
Post. 'si3Es w ~ si'5%9%
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There were two Cinnamon in busf-
ness in San Francisco. and one
of them died. He was merchant, and
soon after his death, in the twilight,
about the time the surviving partner
was closing the store. the spirit of the
dead partner came and spoke to him
very clearly, requesting him to send to
China and have his son, the son Of the
dead one, come and take his place in
the business. The survivor was great
ly shaken at the appearance of the
shade of his partner, and his request,
but as the conversation was prolonged,
he recovered his sef-possession and
promised to write to the son to come,
with which promise the spirit departed.
But the partner was not honest. He
did not intend the family of his COM
rade should know of his death; he
would say nothing about it, and con-
tinue to use his capital in the business.
In short time the spirit came
again, and this time made more
disturbance than upon his
former visit. In an angry voice the
spirit asked why he had not sent for
the son as he had promised. The part
ner equivocated, and as the question
was repeated with greater emphasis,
he said the reason he had not sent for
the son was because he knew nothing
of the business, and that he did not
want him as a partner. Very well,
them said the spirit, if that is your
reason, you may send my portion of
the firms money to my widow in
China
This the partner faithfully prom
ised to do. and again he failed to keep
his word Soon after the spirit APP
peared to the widow in China, and
asked her if the partner in San Fran
cisco had sent the money, to which she
answered that he had not. The very
next night as was found by careful
comparison of dates, the spirit ap-
peared in the store at San Francisco,
and in voice of terrible anger asked
the trembling delinquent why he had
not sent the proceeds of the spirit share
in the store to the widow. The part
ner managed at length to stammer out
tudC udu ilO W bIOtlUlc
him, that he had no further business on
this earth, and that the money would
not be sent to the widow at all. The
spirit said: You will send it, and
picking up heavy ruler that lay upon
desk, hurled 1t at the offenders
head. The spirit intimated that what
he had done was a very slight mani
festation of his power, and that if the
money was not promptly sent he
would visit npon the delinquent a most
terrible punishment~ The partner,
now thoroughly alarmed, and con-
WINGED that further delay would be
dangerous, solemnly promised the
spirit that he would settle up affairs
and send the money. He did so; and
the narration here given confirmed in
all it's details, comes from the partner.
who is deeply penitent for the wrong
he attempted to commit. "-Indiaasapo-
lis Journal. go
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READING FOR THE YOUNG.
ANOTHER MAP WANTED.

Another map, an please you, sfrr
For why, We can not understand
In all your great geography
There is no map OF Fairyland
Another map, an please you, sirl
And, afterward. describe in full p 2 ~
How Fairyland is famed for pearls, osa'
And deeces made from golden wool, j.
And prancing, go1d-shod. miik-white steeds
With brides set with jewel-eyes: tAs
Tell how the Fairy rivers run, .txs,ur
And where the Fairy mountains rise,
And OF the Fairy-folk their ways
And customs-an it please you, sir;
Then, OF the journey there, how long
For any speedy traveller. ger
Another map, an please you, sir!
And would you kindly not delay; s.
Sister and would dearly like
To learn our lesson there, to-day!
Nary 3. Wilkins. in st. Nicholas.
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n.r,n~ E.cape of Two Prisoners.

CLEVELAND, O., May ia special to
the Press from GAINESVILLE, o., says: This
morning John Devine and George Barton
made a daring escape from Police Lieu.
tenant Weaver and Deputy Sheriff
Drake. they were on their way to the
penitentiary at Colum bus, having been
.sentenced for two years each for robbins
cars while the Baltimore d Ohio train
was running at the rate OF thirty.nve
miles an hour, the men broke away from
the officers, their handouts having oeel
removed, and ran to the piat1orm ana
i1mped off, making their escape across sns
cskrAry. The officials nao ewe o'n''
ners and could not give cha'
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Dead and Dying.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 11.-Four Of the
victims of the horrible accident at the
Edgar Thompson Steel Works in Brad
dock, Pa, last night are dead at this
hour e p. N.Y., and the death of one other
is momentarily expected. The seriously
burned number twenty or more, and none
will be able for duty for some time.
Squire Haltzman has been deputized to
Investigate the cause of the accident,
since the construction of the works.
The dead and dying have not been indi-
vidually identified. Their names, how.
/ yer, are John Pawlisher John Gobboard,
Charles Leondorker, John Gosdool and
John Lawalta.
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OTTAWA, Ont, May 1L-Mr. O. Brien
will arrive here Friday night, and the
Irish people are preparing to give him a
rousing welcome. Among Orangemen
there is no little ill feeling, and they de-
clare that any movement in the shape of
a demonstration will cause bloodshed.
The Anti Home Rulers have engaged all
the public halls for Saturday night, hop
ing to spoil the plans of the reception
committee, but the latter have managed
to secure the theater of the Ottawa Uni
yersity for Mr.. O'Brien's lecture. On the
return of the Governor-General from To-
ronto, a reception will be rendered him
by the anti-O Brier faction.
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The Panhandle Railroad Robbers on
Trial.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, May 1l.-At three
o'clock yesterday afternoon the jury in
the Lavelle case, Pan Handle railroad
robbers) came into court and announced
that they found the defendant guilty on
the first count, larceny.
J. e. Dunlap entered a plea of no de.
tense as to the first count, larceny. The
plea was accepted by the railroad COM
pany, and Dunlap will not be tried on the
other counts.
While the jury was being impane led in
the case of John Haggerty, employees OF
the American Detective Bureau brought
into the courtroom four large rolls of
carpet and large roll Of oil-cloth, which,
it is alleged, Haggerty stole. The first
witnesses called fully identified the arti
cles in evidence. Court adjourned for the
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M I.orat IF LYONS in

M Loret, of Lyons, in the course
of his studies on ancient Egyptian
funeral rites, has given some attention
to the perfumes then in use; and by
means of his botanical knowledge,
aided by some Inscriptions in ancient
laboratories, he has been able to dis
cover the ingredients composing some
of them. such as ''kyphi'' and 'tasi, !"
which were used in Greece and Rome
after the conquest of Egypt
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mo Florida s.natorshIp

'TkLLAHAssEE, Fla, May 1.-THE vote in
the Legislature for United States Senator
yesterday was as follows: Perry, %;
Pasoo. IA; Bloxham, %; Goodrich (Rep.),
10; scattering. T.
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OTHER MATTERS.

There are, besides all these things,
others that the Legislature must look
after tho homestead law, the lien law,
the usury law, the school law, the phos.
phate interests -ali OF which have at
tracted more or less OF the public atten-
tion. Doubtless some changes will be
proposed in each Of these lawg, and the
mere proposition involves time ii not
anything else.
Our lawmakers have their hands full,
without doubt.
Both houses come together on Tues
day. That day will be consumed in pre-
| liminaties. The Governors message vii
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their attitude would change from that of
bulldozing to one of fear. / have wit
messed some of the worst outIawry they
have ever attempted in any election, but
have never seen the mob that could not
have been easily queiled by half a dozen
brave mon, wearing as n sign Of authori-
ty only the miniature flag of the United
States at their lapel, if it were known
they were earnestly backed by the Re
publican party Of tue North. Such a
determined backing would, without
question, socnre tho electoral vote of the
State to the Republicans and also bring
them several members OF Congress-.
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The Pleasures of an Anarchist wife.

81 have no use for man who is too
big coward to make bombs to kill the
police. If you won't make bombs I'll
leave You" This is what Mrs. Clara
Paech, of l,OlO Van Horn street, said
with all the violence Of virago, to her
husband, Rudolph, on Sunday night.
at the same time Miss johanna Oppitz,
Rudolph's sister-in law, dashed bucket
OF water in his face, and old man Oppitz
Joined in the melee and caught his SON
in-law by tho neck. Rudolph swore he
would not make bombs to please his
Anarchist wife and her family; that he
was law-abiding citizen; that he was
no coward and no Anarchist. He would
not stand more abuse from them, so he
appeared before Justice G.. j. Whites
Police Court and obtained warrants for
the three, charging his sister-inla with
assault and the others with disordcrly
conduct. They were arrested and held
in bail of 5000 each. Chicago Times
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COCET AND CABINET SLATE.
Lamar May i;avr Dihtculty Of Cnntirma-
;i0n un Recount OF Age.
tspccinl % thc Philndolphio Times

(Sprcinl To The Philadelphia rmcs)
| WASuINGToN, November Is. The slate
arranged (oc Tic Supreme Court and
Cabinet vacancies is Lamar sor the
bench, Villas for the interior and Dick
inson, Of Michigan, for the Pcstoilcc.
These appointments have been definitely
determined upon. Secretary L4mar's
nomination will not be made until after
the Senate convcpcs. The nominations
viii be withheld until he has been con-
ilrmcd. Mr. LnmarH friends in the SEN
ate say that, having been Il Senator and
now being Cabinet officer, he will be
confirmed without reference. An effort
TO this end will be made.
1t is iniimatcd, however, THAI there
may be some opposition on tho Rcpub-
mean side, on the ground that he has
passed the oU3 OF maXlmum efficiency,
which the judiciary committee and the
Senate determined moro than year ago
should bo the rule. Mr. Lamar puts his
age nt g. The records of the time Of
ms congressional services before the he
bclIion indicate that hn is IS. III this
fact is established it viii be vcry dinicuIt
for his friends 20 persuade the Senate TO
agree to bis confirmation.
When the Senate confirmed Judge
Murricli for the United States District
Court OF ibis District the Senators in
duigcd IL very bitter controversy on
the que ton Of age, he, however, being
but siNty-onc. Owing to tho peculiar
circumstances uudor which he wus forced
out OF the court on account of Southern
sympathicS during the war, an exception
was made Of his case by Senator Hoar
and others. But it was thon decided on
both sides OF The chamber that no per
son should bG confirmed for Circuit or
District JudEcsbips who had passed
iIty-cight. If the Senate adhere to this
agreement it viii be difficult for Sccreta-
~ Lamar friends to carry him through.
Should the confirmation fail the present
slate viii be broken and there will be no
changes made in the Cabinet.
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= Deer Conqurr- n Brnr.

That peacefully disposed young bear
which Thomas Strong presented to the city
is kept chained in the deer paddock at the
city park. Tho other dnyit broke its chain
and started into have vcnison dinner. II
ran after the deer till the young buck turned
on il and combcd its fur with its kOrns and
kicked il on the snout and made the blood
run and finally thg bear initiated Incchcus
and climbed tree, while the buck stood
guard at the bottom with fire in his eyes
and flothing al the mouth with rage. The
brief association Of that bear with the pi0us
colony at Mctlakahtle, it seems, did not
eradicate all the savage nature of the Brute
But it will probab. y wait till il is bigger
bcforeit tries to eat that buck again.
Portland OrGgonidn
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George Francis Train passed througb
Bangor, Me, on Monday en- route for
st. John, N. b., whore he says he ex-
Dects to live hereafter. In the evening
ne delivered an address to small audi
ence, repeating what he has already said
cegarding the executed Chicago murder
ors and lamenting "tbedeath of freedom
OF American speech" IL he doesn't like
St. John he will build home In the
Bermudas and go there to die.
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probably bo read on Wednesday. Thurs
day IS Thanksgiving Day The bodies
may come down TO work by Friday or
saturday, but tue tendency of things
the probable outcome of the session
VIII not be apparent for several DAYS
after that.
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-TNNLIb'S EXPEDITION.
MINT thr E>rIorrr intended to DO When Ias,
Heard Eruu.


Ao,'ceH rom ~ lh"'l &c Aonhda state
t4h' N'"S III" N'rn received thcrc from
Henry VI, stanley, uAdcT date September
~ |" me cucc' 'hpl tAc expedition had left
inc camp 'hR' nc cat""i'shcd about eighty
Gays Journey nom INC Na""GI country and
was udNlnt'hE ''"&iI INC Western shore
D' AipGT' NN""%a' ne men We're greatly
iRuS"cI nh" slI"G-iei win difficulty OYER
! l'ot.,h,'. "' sever" Nu,o"c'feN. ne mos
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j. Il. PmsIoo's Merchant Tailor rs
tablishment, Columbia, s. O., is in full
blast. Only look will convince any
one. All that want q, first-cl fitting
suit try him. A full line of the best
goods on hand.
The cynic is man who has failed; tbt
woman hater is man who has not beer
Isuccessfulin love,
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accuracy

1t might very wc.l be imposed, after
this statement Of fact, that q stone oi
this tensile strength would be about the
most difficult material in the world steel
and India rubber perhaps excepted, to
split up into convenient and usefu
forms. No nero stone breaker coul.
reasonably be expected to own govern
mcnt stone-splittng machine, or to be
able to carry one around with him
handy, ii he possessed half dozen. But
here comes III a marvellous feature of the
stone in question. 1t is as "workatle le"
as it is strong. Uniform in texture, and
as utterly devoid of flaws and "white
horses" as of red-headcd girls them.
selves, 1T splits and breaks, when it does
split and break, on planes as true almost
as the sides OF sawed log. Take. for
instance, one OF the great boulders de.
scribed. One or two men drill few
holes in line along its surface. You can
scarcely insert finger in one of the
holes, and it is but a few inches in depth.
You can insert two small bits of iron,
however, and drive marrow wedge,
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TIL RANITE FIELD.

The visitors did not ride. The idea
was not suggested to them, and seemed
not to occur to any of the party, all of
whom walked instead, and walked a good
deal The quarry tract proper that is,
the area where the granite crops and
bulges form the surface of the earth
comprises about twenty five acres. Be
sides this tract, however, the company
owns large body of land, all around
the quarries, and which is SO disposed as
to afford better drainage and more
climbing facilities than can be found in
any other one quary-held in the Union,
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What is most needed now is to develop
the quarry on a scale that will enable the
supply to meet any demand that may be
made upon it, and this is the work that
has been undertaken by the now COM
pany, with the assurance of immediate
4uccess. Abundance of home capital,
under the direction of home capitalists
Iud managers, has been enlisted in tho
enterprise, and it's future is bright in
deed The whole story might be summed
np in few words. South Carolina has
thc finest deposit of granite in the
Union, and proposes now to supply the
whole Union with it. 1t is truly a mag
niticent possession that lies among the
nils OF old Fairfield county, and it will
not be many months now before these
same stones, so long rejected of the
farmer, will form the head of the corner
N the proudest edi6ces from Maine to
Mexico.